You are not sick, you are thirsty – Don’t treat thirst with medication.

You are not sick, you are thirsty – Don’t treat thirst with medication.

You don’t need to be stranded in a desert to feel the effects of dehydration. Almost all the people you see and meet on a daily basis are dehydrated. How many folks complain of a lack of energy? It’s the number one complaint in America. Insufficient energy is the first sign that the blood, tissues, and organs are not getting enough water, and your liver and brain are the least tolerant of a lack of water. This has led some medical researchers to conclude that Alzheimer’s disease is simply the result of long-term dehydration of the brain. The same loss of brain function that causes a lost and thirsty person to eat sand believing it to be water… causes your wife, husband, mother, or father not to recognize you any longer. They are not demented, only thirsty.When you were born (depending on the drugs in your mother’s body), you were ninety percent water. As you become an adult, the hydration level begins to drop; it can drop to as low as sixty-five percent in men and fifty-two percent in women. However, if hydration levels drop just five percent more, death occurs. Both water intake and thirst sensation decline with age, and so does mental function. When your pituitary gland begins to dry up, vasopressin, a hormone it secretes, is likewise handicapped. Vaso refers to the blood vessels, and pressin refers to constriction or pressing. Vasopressin regulates the flow of water to the cells and intracellular spaces in your body. When this hormone reaches a cell membrane, it presses water through a filtration receptor so that only water reaches and hydrates the cell. This is crucial because vital organs begin to fail without proper hydration. Consider this: when you take a coffee break, that ingested caffeine limits the secretion of vasopressin and keeps it from circulating. Thus, even though you are getting plenty of water with the coffee, your cells are dehydrating. Alcohol has the same effect, which is why drinkers are incredibly thirsty in the morning after a bout of heavy drinking. Bear in mind that the five quarts of blood coursing through your body are ninety percent water, and the rest of your body holds between fifty and eighty quarts of water. Your brain and nerve tissues are eighty percent water or more. Every time you move any body part, even a finger or toe, water is required. That’s why dehydrated people have so many aches and pains. It’s also why people look so old; their dehydrated organs steal the water from their skin in order to function. Remember, under ordinary circumstances, you expel up to a gallon of water every twenty-four hours. What do you think happens when you don’t replenish that supply? Your body experiences a drought condition! *A mere two percent drop in hydration will make your short-term memory so fuzzy that you’ll be unable to remember your friend’s names, have trouble doing basic math, and forget where you put your keys. Since seventy-five percent of Americans are chronically dehydrated, it’s no wonder people are losing their minds.* Yet, the solution is so simple: cool, clean water. Drink eight to ten eight-ounce glasses a day of pure water, and you’ll be amazed at how many ailments disappear.

“You are not sick, you are thirsty”, book by Dr. F. Batmaghelidj

How to drink water?

Increased water intake is associated with increased production of urine and possible loss of salt and other minerals. It is necessary to add enough salt to your food. Remember that the condition of your body through every phase of your life is the result of a series of chemical reactions. Body cells are like sponges, they need time to absorb enough water.
One kilogram of body weight accounted for 30 ml of water or 1 lb of body weight – 14 ml of water. For example, when weighing 70 kg is considered little more than 2 liters of water per day (180 lb = 90 oz. of water daily – 11 cups of water, 8 oz.) Of two liters of water add half to one teaspoon of salt (natural sea or rock salt) according to the needs of the organism. When your body is saturated with enough salt you will need only natural water. When you have a lack of salt appetite is increasing and you will feel hungry more often to allow the body to obtain salt from ingested food. Drink water half an hour (30 minutes) before meals (1-2 cups) and 2.5 hours after eating (1-2 cups). Morning after getting up drink two cups of water to compensate for water loss during sleep from breathing and perspiration. For maximum effect it is recommended that the system of drinking water to be followed precisely.

The Water Cure Recipe:

Drink 1/2 your body weight of water in ounces, daily.
Example: 180 lb = 90 oz. of water daily.
Use 1/4 tsp. of sea salt for every quart of water you drink.
Use a good sea salt without additives.
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Books by Dr. F. Batmanghelidj:
Your Body’s Many Cries for Water (1992),
How to Deal with Back Pain & Rheumatoid Joint Pain (1991),
Water: Rx for A Healthier, Pain-free Life (1997),
ABC of Asthma, Allergies and Lupus: Eradicate Asthma – Now!,
Water For Health, For Healing, For Life (2003),
Water Cures: Drugs Kill: How Water Cured Incurable Diseases, (2003)
Obesity Cancer Depression; Their Common Cause & Natural Cure, (2005)